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MPHS Medals at State CX Debate Tournament for First Time Ever

The Mount Pleasant High School Speech and Debate Team traveled to Austin to take part in the annual Cross Examination (CX) Debate State Tournament March 16-17.  Taking both qualifying spots out of our district, the teams of Senior Nathon Segovia and Junior Audrey Courreges, and Seniors Anthony Preciado and Seth Robertson were competing for a [...]

2018-03-20T14:51:36-05:00

Ten MPHS FBLA Students Advance to Nationals

Mount Pleasant High School's FBLA chapter had 54 students compete March 8-10 at the State Leadership Conference in Dallas. It was a very successful meet as a record 10 students qualified for Nationals this summer to be held in Baltimore, Maryland. Students advancing to Nationals and their event include: Abby Mason - 1st in Healthcare [...]

2019-05-02T12:46:48-05:00

MPHS Student Council Wins Sweepstakes

Congratulations to our MPHS Student Council!  At the Spring Forum, they won sweepstakes for all areas of campus and community service for the second year in a row. Also our Vice President, Aslin Barrientos, won a position as a guest speaker on Day 3 of the state convention in April with her spoken word poem [...]

2018-03-27T14:21:28-05:00

MPHS Tigers Selected to All-District Basketball Team

Congratulations to the following TIGERS who were selected to the District 16-5A Boys Basketball All-District team!  We would also like to congratulate Joey Chism for being the Coach of the Year! Defensive MVP Kevin Savage - Sr. First Team Josh McGill - Sr. Buddy McGill - Sr. Dorian Glinton - Jr. Second Team Christon Himes [...]

2018-03-07T16:26:25-06:00

MPHS Students Take Top Honors at UIL Academic Meets

Several Mount Pleasant High School Academic UIL teams competed in meets at Rains and North Lamar High Schools last weekend and brought home medals. The Current Events and Spelling teams traveled to Rains and both teams brought home 1st place medals. In Current Events, Enrique Martinez took 1st place and Javi Martinez took 2nd place. [...]

2018-03-06T13:37:46-06:00

MPHS Freshman Advances to Nationals

Mount Pleasant High School Freshman Ryan Sharp has qualified for the National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament in Humorous Interpretation. Ryan, the son of Robin and Janet Sharp, is only the second student in school history and the only freshman to qualify this year. Nationals will be in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in June. Two [...]

2018-03-06T13:56:39-06:00

MPHS Electrical Trades Students Advance to State

Nine Mount Pleasant High School Electrical Trades students have advanced to the Texas SkillsUSA State competition in Corpus Christi April 5-7, 2018. Giovanni Hipolito and Chris Memije advanced in the Construction Wiring competition. Hipolito also advanced with his Electrical Exhibit. Seven other students advanced with their Electrical Exhibits: Zackary Brown, Eloy Castillo, Jose E. Gonzalez, [...]

2018-03-06T13:07:10-06:00

MPHS Students Earn Firsts at VASE Competition

Nineteen Mount Pleasant High School Art students earned First Rate Medals at the recent Visual Arts Scholastic Event at Pleasant Grove High School recently. Ten of them scored in the 55-60 range and were in the running to advance to State. “We took 22 students to state and brought home 19 medals,” said MPHS Art [...]

2018-03-06T13:18:33-06:00

MPISD Schools to Release Early On March 2

Mount Pleasant ISD schools will release early on Friday, March 2. Our Tiger Basketball team has advanced to the Regional Tournament and will take on Lancaster Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas.  Come Out and Support Our MPHS Tigers!  Go TIGERS! Schools will release and buses will run on [...]

2018-02-28T14:30:24-06:00